# 齋堂
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhāitáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞ ㄊㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaai$^1$ tong$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zê$^1$ deng$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhāitáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄞ ㄊㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhaitáng
*** Wade–Giles: chai$^1$-tʻang$^2$
*** Yale: jāi-táng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaitarng
*** Palladius: чжайтан (čžajtan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaai$^1$ tong$^4$
*** Yale: jāai tòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai$^1$ tong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zai$^1$ tong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːi̯⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zê$^1$ deng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse tṳ̂ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡se³³⁻²³ tɯŋ⁵⁵/

### Noun

齋堂
* dining room in a Buddhist temple
* (Teochew) Buddhist nunnery

#### Synonyms

* (dining room in a Buddhist temple): (Hokkien) 菜堂
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 尼姑庵, 庵堂, 庵子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姑子庵兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 尼姑庵, 庵堂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姑子廟 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 尼姑庵兒, 姑子廟兒, 姑子庵兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姑姑兒庵兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姑姑庵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 師姑庵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 庵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 師姑庵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 師姑庵, 尼姑庵, 庵堂 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 師姑庵 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 尼姑庵 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 庵堂, 佛庵 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 庵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 菜堂 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 尼姑庵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 庵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 尼姑庵, 庵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 尼姑庵, 菜堂 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 齋堂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 尼姑庵, 庵堂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 師姑寺 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿姑寺 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 師姑堂, 庵堂, 尼姑庵 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 師姑堂 |
| Wu | Danyang | 師姑廟, 尼姑廟 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 庵堂, 庵, 尼姑庵 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 師姑娘寮, 師姑娘堂, 庵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 尼姑寺 |

### Proper noun

齋堂
* (～鎮) Zhaitang (a town in Mentougou district, Beijing, China)

### Further reading

* Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “齋堂” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].